Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Pakistan: A systemic review

Virology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Attaullah, Sobia ^a   Khan, Sanaullah ^b   Ali, Ijaz ^c  

^a ISLAMIA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Genotypes; HCV; Pakistan; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 80052591186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-433     Document Type: Review

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